This article examines the relationship between BMI and sex on the influence of parents concerning the fatness of their children. The authors state that the BMI of a mother and her daughter correlate, while similarly the BMI of a father and his son are interdependent on one another. Their explanation for this phenomenon is that for children, their same-sex parent may be acting as a role model for them. This source is not credible and lacks of supportive evidence. It doesn 't explain why a child would be influenced by the environment and eating patterns within a family from the same-sex only. The claims appear to be dubious because the correlation between them seems like complete nonsense.
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She goes into depth about the factors associated with feeding and the influence parents from a variety of cultural, educational and economic backgrounds have on their children’s risk for obesity. Her research shows how detrimental rewarding children with food and regulating their diet with authoritarian or restrictive parenting practices are on their health, which is supported by eighteen peer-reviewed journal articles and recent studies from 2005 to 2010. Her work is reliable and discusses extensively how influential parents are in the eating habits of their children. This article is useful because the research is broad and concentrates on a variety of factors, which influence parenting rather than limits to one specific cause. In particular, this article is helpful in explaining and shaping the idea of how parental feeding is influenced by a variety of factors that essentially impacts the health of a …show more content…
Marcia Woods examines feeding styles, two of which are considered to be "permissive" ("indulgent" and "uninvolved") and the other two which are considered to have more structure ("authoritarian" and "authoritative"). Through many findings and studies, it is clear that parenting styles do influence the eating habits of children. According to her, "authoritarian" feeding styles cause children to eat in a healthier manner compared to children with parents that were "permissive". The author provides a strong argument as the theory is supported by well-known researchers in this field such as Sheryl O. Hughes, Theresa A. Nicklas, and Sharon O. Hoerr. Her article is essential to this field because it assists in explaining the relationship between parenting and childhood obesity. The commentary is necessary to fully understand how parents influence their children through the parenting measures that they
This article is not useful because even though, obese …show more content…
She goes into depth about the factors associated with feeding and the influence parents from a variety of cultural, educational and economic backgrounds have on their children’s risk for obesity. Her research shows how detrimental rewarding children with food and regulating their diet with authoritarian or restrictive parenting practices are on their health, which is supported by eighteen peer-reviewed journal articles and recent studies from 2005 to 2010. Her work is reliable and discusses extensively how influential parents are in the eating habits of their children. This article is useful because the research is broad and concentrates on a variety of factors, which influence parenting rather than limits to one specific cause. In particular, this article is helpful in explaining and shaping the idea of how parental feeding is influenced by a variety of factors that essentially impacts the health of a …show more content…
Marcia Woods examines feeding styles, two of which are considered to be "permissive" ("indulgent" and "uninvolved") and the other two which are considered to have more structure ("authoritarian" and "authoritative"). Through many findings and studies, it is clear that parenting styles do influence the eating habits of children. According to her, "authoritarian" feeding styles cause children to eat in a healthier manner compared to children with parents that were "permissive". The author provides a strong argument as the theory is supported by well-known researchers in this field such as Sheryl O. Hughes, Theresa A. Nicklas, and Sharon O. Hoerr. Her article is essential to this field because it assists in explaining the relationship between parenting and childhood obesity. The commentary is necessary to fully understand how parents influence their children through the parenting measures that they